Ball-and-socket joint

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2006-05-02

2006-05-02

Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3679)

Joints and connections

Articulated members

Including limit means

C403S122000, C403S124000, C403S125000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07037022

ABSTRACT:
A ball-and-socket joint, preferably for chassis suspensions and/or steering mechanisms of motor vehicles, is presented, which has a ball pivot pin (1), which is accommodated rotatably and tiltably in a joint housing (8) with one of its free ends with a spherical joint area (3). The other free end of the ball pivot pin (1) is fixed to a body part. The ball-and-socket joint has a stop device for limiting the tilting movement of the ball pivot pin (1) in the joint housing (8), which comprises a stop element, which is arranged in the bottom area (11) of the joint housing (8) rotationally symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the sphere and cooperates with the end-side joint area (6) of the ball pivot pin (1). Corresponding to a first embodiment variant, the ball-and-socket joint has an arch projecting spherically over the bottom area (11) of the joint housing (8) as a stop element; a second solution variant provides for the stop element in the bottom area (11) of the joint housing (8) to have a hollow spherical shape, the radius of the hollow spherical shape being greater than the radius of the spherical shape of the joint area of the ball pivot pin (1).

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